Cara Brumfield

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Cara graduated from Lafayette College in 2010 where she created an interdisciplinary major: social inequality and identity politics. Cara was a Posse Scholar as well as a 2009 Public Policy International Affairs Fellow. She served as a leader in the alternative school breaks organizations, a resident adviser, and an intern with her school's Office of Intercultural Development.

Field placement: The Food Project

Boston, Massachusetts

Policy placement: Poverty & Race Research Action Council

Washington, D.C.